It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
It is an audiovisual or photographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its publication
It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
Important note: Works of foreign (non-U.S.) origin must be out of copyright or freely licensed in both their home country and the United States in order to be accepted on Commons. Works of Philippine origin that have entered the public domain in the U.S. due to certain circumstances (such as publication in noncompliance with U.S. copyright formalities) may have had their U.S. copyright restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) if the work was under copyright in its country of origin on the date that the URAA took effect in that country. (For the Philippines, the URAA took effect on January 1, 1996.)
أنتَ أيضاً مُلزمٌ بتضمين وسم النَّطاق العامّ لتحديد السبب الَّذي يجعلُ من هذا العمل مِلكيَّةً عامةً في الولايات المُتحدة الأمريكيَّة
انتبه إلى أن هذا العمل قد لا يقع في النَّطاق العامّ في البلدان حيث لا يكون حكم الفترة الأقصر نافذاً، والأمر سيان في البلدان التي لديها حقوق تأليفٍ ونشرٍ تمتد طوال حياة المُؤَلِّف ولمدة 50 عاماً بعد وفاته. هذه المُدَّة هي بالتحديد: 100 عام في المكسيك، و95 عاماً في جامايكا و 80 عاماً في كولومبيا، و75 عاماً في غواتيمالا وساموا، و70 عاماً في سويسرا والولايات المُتحدة الأمريكيَّة و60 عاماً في فنزويلا
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (Philippines) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).